{"id":44352,"date":"2024-08-22T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilgfinancial.com\/staging\/2370\/?p=44352"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:11:22","slug":"mailbag-not-retiring-but-taking-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilgfinancial.com\/staging\/2370\/mailbag-not-retiring-but-taking-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag: Not Retiring But Taking Social Security and Gifting vs. Inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1227.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IpBLg_aphMU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On this episode of the Retire Your Way with ILG Financial Video Series, Dave and Chase continue answering viewer questions, including: when to take Social Security benefits even if you&#8217;re not retiring as well as the difference between gifting and inheritance.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-medium button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUJrzAyV2gm7mreLUIVOb3A?sub_confirmation=1\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Subscribe Now!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":42423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,3348,528],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estate-planning","category-social-security","category-social-security-strategies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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